Art & Cinema - The Belgian Art Documentary - 3-DVD Box Set

Art & Cinema - The Belgian Art Documentary - 3-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
Dutch ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Belgium ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
425 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1939 - 1990 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Paul Haesaerts
Pierre Alechinsky

Written By:
Charles Dekeukeleire
André Cauvin

Actors:
Henri Storck
Luc de Heusch

Synopsis:

This publication brings together 3 DVD's with 19 of the most important films and a book with an essay by Steven Jacobs on the experimental art film in Belgium. Steven Jacobs is art historian specialized in photography and film. He is author of The Wrong House: The Architecture of Alfred Hitchcock (010 Publishers, 2007) and Framing Pictures: Film and the Visual Arts (Edinburgh University Press, 2011). He teaches modern and contemporary art at the department of Art-, Music- and Theatre Studies of Ghent University, Belgium.
DVD 1 - Charles Dekeukeleire, André Cauvin, Paul Haesaerts, Pierre Alechinsky
Themes of Inspiration (1938)
The Mystic Lamb (1939)
Return of the Mystic Lamb (1946)
Hans Memling, Painter of the Madonna (1939)
Visit to Picasso (1950)
From Renoir to Picasso (1950)
Four Belgian Painters at Work (1952)
Japanese Calligraphy (1956)
DVD 2 - Henri Storck
The World of Paul Delvaux (1944-46)
An Artists Gathering (1945)
Rubens (1948)
The Open Window (1952)
Paul Delvaux or the Forbidden Women (1969-70)
Herman Teirlinck (1953)
DVD 3 - Luc de Heusch
Magritte or the Object Lesson (1960)
Alechinsky From Life (1970)
Dotremont-The Logograms (1972)
I'm Crazy, I'm Foolish, I'm Nasty. A Self Portrait of James Ensor (1990)
Michel De Ghelderode (1957)

The 1940s and 1950s can be considered the heyday of the experimental art film. In that era, leading filmmakers such as Alain Resnais, Henri Alekan and Henri-Georges Clouzot presented the art documentary as a truly experimental genre that enabled them to combine cinematic experiments with artistic profundity. Also Belgian filmmakers such as Charles Dekeukeleire, André Cauvin, Henri Storck, Paul Haesaerts, and Luc de Heusch among others made important contributions to the development of the art film. Their films were clearly more than mere camera registrations of artworks but attempted at translating the perception of the original artworks into a truly cinematic experience. While some of their films demonstrated that cinema could become a useful tool for art analysis, others focused on the representation of artists such as Picasso, Magritte, Delvaux, Alechinksy, and Dotremont at work. Closely connected to or inspired by avant-garde currents such as Surrealism or CoBrA, these filmmakers were convinced that films on art should also be 'art films' in themselves, which are characterized by a self-conscious modernist or avant-garde aesthetic.

DVD 1 - Charles Dekeukeleire, André Cauvin, Paul Haesaerts, Pierre Alechinsky
Themes of inspiration
Charles Dekeukeleire, 1938 - 9'
The Mystic Lamb
André Cauvin, 1939 - 8'
Return of the Mystic Lamb
André Cauvin, 1946- 10'
Hans Memling, Painter of the Madonna
André Cauvin, 1939 - 11'
Visit to Picasso
Paul Haesaerts, 1950 - 20'
From Renoir to Picasso
Paul Haesaerts, 1950 - 30'
Four Belgian Painters at Work
Paul Haesaerts, 1952 - 34'
Japanese Calligraphy
Pierre Alechinsky, 1956 - 16'
DVD 2 - Henri Storck
The World of Paul Delvaux
Henri Storck, 1944-46 - 11'
An Artists Gathering
Henri Storck, 1945 - 3'
Rubens
Henri Storck / Paul Haesaerts, 1948 - 64'
The Open Window
Henri Storck, 1952 - 19'
Paul Delvaux or the Forbidden Women
Henri Storck, 1969-70 - 26'
Herman Teirlinck
Henri Storck, 1953 - 54'
DVD 3 - Luc de Heusch
Magritte or the Object Lesson
Luc de Heusch, 1960 - 14'
Alechinsky From Life
Luc de Heusch, 1970 - 20'
Dotremont-The Logograms
Luc de Heusch, 1972 - 14'
I'm Crazy, I'm Foolish, I'm Nasty. A Self Portrait of James Ensor
Luc de Heusch, 1990 - 54'
Michel De Ghelderode
Luc de Heusch, 1957 - 21'

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 19 December, 2013.

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